Somatostatin alone or combined with emergency sclerotherapy in the treatment of acute esophageal variceal bleeding: a prospective randomized trial.

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Published in Hepatology on August 01, 1999

Authors

C Villanueva1, J Ortiz, M Sàbat, A Gallego, X Torras, G Soriano, S Sáinz, J Boadas, X Cussó, C Guarner, J Balanzó

Author Affiliations

1: Department of Gastroenterology, Hospital de la Santa Creu i Sant Pau, Barcelona, Spain. cvillanueva@hsp.santpau.es

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